Lisa Murkowski: “I was disheartened to hear that now Region 10 is saying we could be years away from a solution...”

It's only off the table because this nomination is pending and the Senate has leverage.

As the Arctic grows in strategic importance, the United States must continue investing in the research, infrastructure, and expertise needed to strengthen our understanding of this rapidly changing region.

The politicization—even weaponization—of the Department did not start with this administration but has accelerated during it,

It doesn’t appear to me that it puts us in that much of a different position than prior to the beginning of the war.